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“I don’t know what I would have done without Tell MAMA at a time when I was at my lowest. I had been abused repeatedly because of my Muslim identity and I wear a Hijab and it was a neighbour dispute that turned anti-Muslim and racist. Tell MAMA were there for me and gave me access to personal and legal support, and they worked with police forces to get me an outcome for my case. I am forever grateful for their work – Client AC, East London, United Kingdom, 2025”.

 

“The leaflets we received at our mosque were disgusting. We felt intimidated and fearful since they said that we – Muslims – should go home. But Britain is our home and we cannot live with anti-Muslim hate or Islamophobia ruling our lives like this. Thankfully, you (Tell MAMA) were there and your mosque security advice and your training support to our volunteers in the mosque made us feel safer and securer. It was just what we needed at the time.”

Many organisations working for social good and wider community benefits talk about donating. There are a plethora of good organisations doing good work and so you will be asking why should I donate to this programme of work? We wanted to address this and to highlight the importance of this work, countering anti-Muslim hatred and in mapping the scale of it and in supporting the victims of anti-Muslim hate. So why should you donate?

• Firstly, victims of anti-Muslim hatred are targeted because they are visibly different, at least in the street world. Our work ensures that they are supported, that we build their confidence and collate evidence for prosecutions and where we ensure that their dignity is protected. Remember, this can happen to anyone and no community is immune to targeted hatred, intolerance and prejudice. This is important to stress – anyone can be targeted for hatred, intolerance and prejudice because of a part of their identity.

• We are an independent organisation that has 15 years of experience in mapping and monitoring anti-Muslim hate and in creating significant policy change at a governmental level in the United Kingdom and in Europe and beyond. Our work has been cited as good practice in Canada, New Zealand the United States and our work has also inspired others to volunteer in supporting victims of anti-Muslim hate and in even starting their own mapping projects. 
• We have assisted and helped over 65,000 British Muslims to date who have been targeted by anti-Muslim hate. We have been honoured and proud to have been able to do this work to date and your donations and support will ensure that we can build on this and help more people who have been targeted by anti-Muslim hate. 
• We receive no governmental support and our work continues through the trust and goodwill that we have developed over 13 years. This means that our sustainability relies on the donations and good will of members of the public and where charitable trust funds choose to support us. We cannot continue this work without your support. 

• There are significant impacts on victims, both psychologically and emotionally when they are targeted for hatred, prejudice and intolerance. This is even more acute if people are repeatedly targeted and this is, fundamentally, a human rights issue. People should not live frightened, cosseted and fearful lives. Allied to this, we know that a street level, Muslim women are the most targeted for anti-Muslim hatred. We should consider the impact on families, mothers and families. They deserve better and we want to be able to support them, free at the point of access into Tell MAMA.

• Everyone one of us can relate to a hate incident or an incident where we felt that we were prejudiced again. Ensuring that we can reduce the frequency of such incidents is key since there are long term community cohesion impacts for our towns and cities, on the back of such incidents. Furthermore, reducing a feeling of grievance and victimisation within communities ensures that young people are not exposed to ‘them and us’ thinking which sometimes underpins a mindset of extremism. If we are to look at challenging extremism through a wide variety of mechanisms, so we must challenge a culture of victimisation which is one driver that underpins extremism. This also underpins why this work is important.

• Last but not least – do we want a Europe that is free from conflict? That is what we are ultimately talking about since Muslim communities feel embattled and they are citizens within Europe. By combatting anti-Muslim hatred and in a manner which is receptive, open and transparent, we can send a strong message that all forms of hatred need to be challenged and where we should only be intolerant to those who seek to reduce the rights of others. Now this might seem somewhat nebulous, but ensuring the protection of basic human rights means that we should all have the opportunity to be who we are and to be able to change what we are in the future. On that basis, we protect the basic fundamental freedoms that make up our democratic structures.

• Lastly, our work is based on three simples foundations. (i) Public policy must take into account how to reduce and minimise anti-Muslim hate. This means at a regional and governmental level. (ii) Secondly, the public must understand and know the extent and scale of anti-Muslim hate and that hate against one community means a corrosion of the fundamental democratic values of our country. (iii) British Muslims must not have to suffer the injustice and indignity of anti-Muslim hate and need support when this takes place.

If you believe that what we have listed matters, then we hope that you may support us in the struggle against anti-Muslim hatred by donating to us. Thank you for considering this request.

You can also read more about us in the FAQ’s section.